Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S. 162

Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano by Liszt. It is widely considered a masterwork and summation of Liszt's musical style. The title refers to Goethe's famous novel of self-realization, 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'. Liszt clearly places the work in line with the Romantic literature of his time, prefacing most pieces with a literary passage from writers such as Schiller, Byron or Senancour. 'Venezia e Napoli: Supplément aux Années de pèlerinage seconde volume' is a set of 3 pieces composed in 1859 ... more
Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano by Liszt. It is widely considered a masterwork and summation of Liszt's musical style. The title refers to Goethe's famous novel of self-realization, 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'. Liszt clearly places the work in line with the Romantic literature of his time, prefacing most pieces with a literary passage from writers such as Schiller, Byron or Senancour. 'Venezia e Napoli: Supplément aux Années de pèlerinage seconde volume' is a set of 3 pieces composed in 1859 and first published in 1861.
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